Ricardo Rocha .. Anybody ?

More to follow.. but basically Standard Leige have announced the following on their website

'Following an agreement between Ricardo Rocha and Portsmouth FC, the Portuguese player and Standard Liege have terminated the agreement which normally expired June 30, 2010.

Ricardo Rocha asked our CEO to express for supporters of the club all the satisfaction he was playing for Standard Liege. It was a real pleasure has he stressed.

We obviously wish him much success in his return to the Premier League.'

Well fellas .. yet another Spurs connection .. What do ya think.. he is a Centre-Half after all .. but he's hardly set the world alight.. five appearances for Spurs .. but numerous fro Benfica and a few international caps top boot .. better than Ben Haim.. I wonder !

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haha, well put it this way i trust Grant ALOT more than Hart when it comes to signings, so i don't see why he can't be a good player for us, but it'll take some special performances to keep us up i fear. (if we are still a club by the end of the season of course :/)

Southport That's a pretty poor side Ben HAim and Finnan are crap at best .. Boateng is lightweight.. Piq is a tryer but that's it ... Utaka always fails to deliver... Belhadj is a liability .. seriously it aint good but if that's what we've got I'll get behind them

ben haim is ok but him and wilson together is not the greatest partnership. kaboul could cover for wilson as well as his own position ben haim doesnt have that ability. wilson gets himself into the wrong position too many times, although he does have good confidence in his own game, sometimes over confidence

Southport Sorry mate.. don't mean anything by it .. been a long day .. Been here on this latop since 08:30 .. I guess UI'm just getting ratty .. Sorry .. and hey .. you keep posting Vital needs you !! .. and so does Pompey .. even that team lol.. but why no Vanden Borre or Basinas or Diop in your XI

true Chix VB and Yebda looked good last time i saw them , just think Brown offers more from set pieces than the wardrobe, Basinas is a good set piece option as well, shame Crouch aint still here, not that he can head the ball anyway :)

yes! beggining of the 07/08 season, our right winger was the top scorer in the premiership in november, he topped the actim stats table, and he played a massive part in helping boast our other strikers confidence. he had also been our record signing, is paid a reported £80 000 a week, and hasn't done anything significant - other than setting up THAT goal against cardif - since.

Type this into your browser It might answer a few questions .. I don't agree with all of it but it anit a bad shout .. It is as voted for by Pompey fans on some mathematical formula which ranks player v player - You can also vote while on there if you like
http://www.greatestpompeyplayer.com/top_team.php

like the link Chix and wud luved to have seen Steve Stone about 5 years younger for Pompey, loved the 1st season goal he scored against Man U! but LuaLua - he only had one really good game and we all know what that one was :)

I wish i could tell you hes a half decent player who never got a chance (a la Boateng) but im afraid i can't. He did have a good rept. at benfica though so if Grant can get him playing you gotta chance.

HuddersfieldYiddo Welcome mate .. as I said above I was waiting for one of you guys to come over.. But I expected you'd confirm as much.. still I guess we'll take that chance .. has to be better than Ben Haim... hopefully ...

I'd rather have Rocha than Kaboul, haha, just kidding, though I honestly don't think Rocha is a bad player. Another one that came at the wrong time. He can deputise at left back too, he was alright there so it'd give you some more cover there. Not a bad player as a freebie. He'll be amazing for you now and we'll blow £10m on him in the summer...

I do not understand all this moaning about Ben Haim! He is a good defender. I believe that him and Wilson can work together. Any way, they have too. Kaboul was good lately, but remember lads, that Spurs sold him because he was awful! Wilson will become even a better player than Younnes!

Yes please - he is a defender. Malta Ben Haim is a good defender BUT inconsistent. He did not appear to be on the same wavelength as Marc Wilson on Sunday and that cost us. One paper I saw gave him a 3.

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